"Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz" weigh-in photos and image gallery

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Weigh-ins for “Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz” took place Friday at The Grill at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

A tedious affair, the afternoon’s official business took nearly two hours to complete – and even that wasn’t quite enough. Main-card fighter Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos was given until 11 p.m. EDT (8 p.m. PDT) to cut an additional two-and-a-half pounds.

Check out MMAjunkie.com’s (www.mmajunkie.com) official weigh-in photo gallery for images of all of the night’s combatants.

Santos made one attempt at weight, and the Brazilian striker registered 152 pounds – six pounds over the contracted limit and eight-and-a-half pounds more than her opponent, Hitomi Akano.

Santos was given until 8 p.m. local time, approximately five hours after she first hit the scale, to drop to 149.5 pounds. Should Santos fail in her attempt, the bout will be scrapped. If successful, she will be fined 20 percent of her purse; half of the amount will be awarded to Akano, and the CSAC will collect the remaining amount.

Middleweight Brandon Michaels also missed weight despite weighing in without his fight gear. Michaels also surrenders 20 percent of his purse, half of which will be awarded to opponent Raul Castillo and half of which will be collected by the CSAC.

The remaining eight fights on the card, including the main event between Frank Shamrock and Nick Diaz, were all made official without incident – save for some brief fireworks between the competitors in the evening’s final bout.

After both main event fighters registered 180 pounds, one acceptable pound over the catchweight limit of 179 pounds, Diaz went straight to Shamrock’s face for a bit of trash talk. Shamrock kept a smile the entire time, and the two left the stage without physical incident.

Diaz did direct the gathered crowd to “check out Frank’s [expletive] tattoo on the small of his back” as the two walked off the stage.

“Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz” takes place Saturday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The main card airs live on Showtime.

Check out our previous story for the complete and official “Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz” weigh-in results, and then check out each competitor on the scale below.